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... however profoundly we may penetrate the depths of space , there still remain innumerable systems , compared with which , those apparently so vast must dwindle into insignificance , or even become invisible ; and that not only man ...
... however profoundly we may penetrate the depths of space , there still remain innumerable systems , compared with which , those apparently so vast must dwindle into insignificance , or even become invisible ; and that not only man ...
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minished in the ratio ( N. 16 ) of 1 to 3600 , which is the square of the moon's distance ( N , 17 ) from the earth's centre , estimated in terrestrial radii , it is found to be exactly the space the moon would fall through in the first ...
minished in the ratio ( N. 16 ) of 1 to 3600 , which is the square of the moon's distance ( N , 17 ) from the earth's centre , estimated in terrestrial radii , it is found to be exactly the space the moon would fall through in the first ...
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Were this not the case , and were any portion of the earth , however small , to attract another portion , and not be itself attracted , the centre of gravity of the earth would be moved in space by this action , which is impossible .
Were this not the case , and were any portion of the earth , however small , to attract another portion , and not be itself attracted , the centre of gravity of the earth would be moved in space by this action , which is impossible .
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The sun rotates about an axis , and modern observations show that an impulse in a contrary direction has not been given to his centre of gravity , for he moves in space , accompanied by all those bodies which compose the solar system ...
The sun rotates about an axis , and modern observations show that an impulse in a contrary direction has not been given to his centre of gravity , for he moves in space , accompanied by all those bodies which compose the solar system ...
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... in consequence of two forces , one tending to the centre of the sun , and the other in the direction of a tangent ( N. 38 ) to its orbit , arising from the primitive impulse given at the time when it was launched into space .
... in consequence of two forces , one tending to the centre of the sun , and the other in the direction of a tangent ( N. 38 ) to its orbit , arising from the primitive impulse given at the time when it was launched into space .
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| Title | On the Connexion of the Physical Sciences |
| Author | Mary Somerville |
| Edition | 9 |
| Publisher | J. Murray, 1858 |
| Original from | National Library of the Netherlands |
| Digitized | 18 Jan 2013 |
| Length | 523 pages |
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